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Produced by | Bonnie Arnold |
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Tarzan of the Apes by Edgar Rice Burroughs |
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Music by | Mark Mancina |
Edited by | Gregory Perler |
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Distributed by | Buena Vista Pictures Distribution |
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88 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Budget | $130 million |
Box office | $448.2 million |
Tarzan is a 1999 American animated comedy adventure film produced by Walt Disney Feature Animation and released by Walt Disney Pictures. The 37th Disney animated feature film and the last film of the Disney Renaissance era, it is based on the story Tarzan of the Apes by Edgar Rice Burroughs, and is the first animated major motion picture version of the Tarzan story. Directed by Chris Buck and Kevin Lima with a screenplay by Tab Murphy, Bob Tzudiker, and Noni White, Tarzan features the voices of Tony Goldwyn, Minnie Driver, Glenn Close, and Rosie O'Donnell with Brian Blessed, Lance Henriksen, Wayne Knight, and Nigel Hawthorne.
Pre-production of Tarzan began in 1995 with Kevin Lima selected as director, being later joined by animator Chris Buck the same year. Following a first draft by Tab Murphy, Bob Tzudiker, Noni White, and Dave Reynolds were brought in to re-construct the third act and add additional humor to the screenplay. English musician Phil Collins was recruited to compose and record songs which were integrated with a score by Mark Mancina. Meanwhile, the production team embarked on a research trip to Uganda and Kenya to study the gorillas. Animation for the film was done in California, Orlando, Florida, and Paris with Deep Canvas, the pioneering computer animation software system, predominantly used to create three-dimensional backgrounds.